9 h. ago Freed Irish national from Venezuelan prison returns to Prague

Night Landing: A Plane, Families, and the Quiet Aftermath of a Political Storm They came down the jetway under a strip of cold lights, blinking against the damp Prague night as if waking from a long, bad dream. On the tarmac at Václav Havel Airport, relatives clustered together in coat collars zipped to their chins. […]

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15 h. ago Trump Plans $1 Billion Fee for Membership on Proposed Peace Board

The Billion-Dollar Seat: When Peace Has a Price Tag Imagine a mahogany table, polished to a mirror sheen, its edges lined with flags and names of nations. Above it hangs a plaque: “Board of Peace.” The catch? To keep your chair you must hand over $1 billion. It sounds like a fable, the sort of […]

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25 h. ago Irish national detained in Russia over alleged phone messages

When an anniversary turns into an international plea: a Galway woman’s fight to bring her husband home On a wind-swept evening in Claregalway, where the hedgerows smell of peat and the lanes curve like questions, Daria Petrenko was supposed to be tearing open a small gift and laughing with Dmitri, her husband of nearly three […]

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59 h. ago EU leader praises ‘fair trade’ as Mercosur pact is finalized

Under the Paraguayan Sun: When Two Blocs Rewrote the Rules of Trade As the late afternoon light draped over Asunción’s Palacio de los López, the atmosphere felt almost ceremonial—warm, humid air carrying the smell of grilled beef from nearby stalls, flags snapping gently in the breeze, and an audience made up of diplomats, ministers, and […]

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63 h. ago Trump threatens tariffs on European countries amid dispute over Greenland

Greenland on the Line: A Tiny Arctic Nation, a Global Storm Imagine waking up to the sound of drums and throat-singing echoing off a fjord carved by ice older than most nations. Now imagine, without warning, being told your homeland is the subject of an international bargaining chip. This is the surreal scene that unfolded […]

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3 d. ago Thousands Expected to Join ‘Hands Off Greenland’ Demonstrations Nationwide

When flags fly colder than the wind: Greenlanders march to defend a home On a late-summer afternoon the sky over Nuuk looked like a watercolor—pale blue washed thin over jagged ice. People gathered anyway, bundled into thick coats, Greenlandic flags snapping bright against the chill. They came not just from the capital but from tiny […]

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3 d. ago Trump threatens tariffs against nations opposing his Greenland purchase plans

The Island No One Thought Could Be Bought Imagine waking to the scent of diesel and coffee in Nuuk, catching sight of a black government van rolling away from the parliament building, and hearing — on a crackling radio, or more likely on a streaming feed — that a distant leader is once again talking […]

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7 d. ago Somalia Annuls All UAE Agreements Over Alleged Sovereignty Violations

Mogadishu Accuses Abu Dhabi of Undermining National Unity Amid Dispute Over Breakaway Regions.

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7 d. ago President Congratulates Buckley on Remarkable Recognition, Hails Achievement

When Killarney Applauded in Los Angeles: Jessie Buckley’s Golden Globe and the Quiet Power of “Hamnet” It was barely daylight in Killarney when the cheers started, soft and surprised, like someone tapping the rim of a teacup and waiting for the music to begin. At O’Malley’s Bar on Main Street, a television perched above the […]

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7 d. ago Trump to meet opposition leader Machado amid mounting pressure on Venezuela

Outside El Rodeo: Waiting, Hope and the Politics of a Prisoner Release On a dusty stretch of road about 30 kilometres west of Caracas, tens of relatives sleep in the stubborn buzz of fluorescent lights and the occasional bark of a security guard’s radio. Tents, folding chairs and the smell of strong coffee mix with […]

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8 d. ago Nationwide protests follow fatal shooting of woman by ICE agent

“Say Her Name”: A City Shivers, then Roars — Minneapolis and the Rising Outcry Over ICE The air in Minneapolis felt like a held breath — thin, cold, and electric. Snow crusted the sidewalks and flattened the city’s usual colors into a muted palette of gray and brick. But when the crowd reached Powderhorn Park, […]

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8 d. ago Israeli police arrest senior Netanyahu aide amid official investigation

A Quiet Arrest, a Loud Question: What Happens When War-Time Secrets Leak into Politics? Early one gray morning in Jerusalem, the city that wears politics like a second skin, police tape fluttered outside a modest house and a sedan with darkened windows pulled up to the gates of the Prime Minister’s office. It was the […]

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9 d. ago Nationwide Demonstrations Condemn ICE Agent’s Shooting of Woman

They Came for Renee — and for Something Bigger The air in Minneapolis felt like glass: brittle, clear, and cold enough to make conversations short and fierce. Even so, thousands of people pushed through snow-packed streets and clutched signs with mittened hands, chanting a name that had become, in the span of a few days, […]

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9 d. ago Greenland Parties Tell Trump: ‘We Won’t Become Americans,’ Reject Sale

We are Greenlanders: A small nation pushes back against big talk When the idea of buying Greenland drifted across international headlines like a sudden Arctic squall, something unexpected happened on the island: politics paused and a chorus rose up, not in Copenhagen or Washington, but in Nuuk and tiny settlements along the fjords. For a […]

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9 d. ago Minister Says X’s Limits on Grok Image Edits Are ‘Window Dressing’

When a Button Becomes a Barrier: The Grok Paywall and a Nation’s Unease It began like so many small digital earthquakes do: a tweak in a codebase, an announcement in a terse reply, and then a rumbling chorus of alarm across phones and kitchen tables. X — the platform formerly known as Twitter — quietly […]

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1 week ago Australia declares national disaster as devastating bushfires rage nationwide

When the Sky Turned Copper: Fires, Heat and the New Normal in Victoria The horizon above Longwood looked like a painting scorched at the edges — a low, seething rim of smoke blotting out the late-afternoon sun and turning the whole world the color of old copper. Embers skittered across paddocks, tumbling like angry sparks […]

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1 week ago France, Britain and Germany denounce deadly crackdown on Iran protesters

Ash and Silence: A Night When the Internet Went Dark There are images that stick in the mind: a bus burning in a grey Tehran dawn, the national flag torn in two and tossed into a gutter, and a whole city reduced to the orange glow of isolated fires. But in much of Iran last […]

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1 week ago Switzerland to Observe Minute of Silence for Bar Blaze Victims

A nation pauses: bells, silence and a valley of questions after the Crans-Montana blaze Today, at 14:00 local time, a country will stop. For one minute the hum of traffic, the chime of radio, the murmur of cafés will fall away and Switzerland—small, orderly, alpine—will hold its breath. Church bells will ring out across towns […]

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1 week ago Rob Reiner’s son to face arraignment in parents’ murder case

A Quiet Street, A Loud Shock: The Reiner Tragedy Unfolds On a crisp December morning in Brentwood, where palms sway above manicured hedges and holiday wreaths cling to ornate doors, the ordinary rhythm of an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood was ruptured by something that felt utterly impossible: the death of two people who had been […]

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1 week ago Somalia: Mogadishu Clerics Lead Protest Against Israeli Interference

Mogadishu, Somalia — Somali religious leaders on Wednesday led a public protest in Mogadishu opposing what they described as Israeli interference and threats to Somalia’s national unity.

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